Dr. Hui Huang is a Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He got his Ph.D. from Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Japan in 2016. He has over 10 years of experience in high-performance finite element method development and commercial code (ABAQUS) applications in solving welding related thermo-mechanical problems. He published 22 peer reviewed journals and gave more than 25 talks on simulation work related to welding distortion and stress. During his postdoc appointment at ORNL, Dr. Huang developed a highly efficient GPU based FEM code (x100~x1000 relative to commercial software) for welding and additive manufacturing process modeling. His current research topics include ultrasonic welding simulation and additive manufacturing modeling by developing novel codes and leveraging commercial codes.